Valentine's Day: A Call to Love Yourself

I find the time surrounding Valentine's to be a difficult one for many people. Those who are in relationships have expectations which do not get met. Those who are not in relationships find it a time of longing and desire. The predominate feeling I hear during this time of the year is disappointment. Not everyone but many dread this day.

It seems to me that the point of the day is to love. We all want to be loved so much that we forget how important it is to love others. Not just our family, lovers and friends, but the human race as a whole.

We forget that the most important person to love is ourselves.

The Beetles had a hit song in the 1967, “All you Need is Love.” The lyrics were relatively simple, especially the chorus: <